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. 2015 Jul 22;27(7):2183–2187. doi: 10.1589/jpts.27.2183

Table 2. The Borg scores at the beginning and after 1 hour of sitting in nine body regions.

Body region Mean Borg scores

Upright sitting Slumped sitting Forward leaning sitting



Before After Before After Before After
Neck 0.050 1.250* 0.400 2.500* 0.150 0.900*
Rt. shoulder 0.200 0.900 0.300 0.750 0.000 0.550
Lt. shoulder 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500
Upper back 0.500 0.950* 0.200 0.950* 0.000 2.500*
Low back 0.200 2.300* 0.300 0.750 0.300 4.400*
Rt. hip/thigh 0.000 0.800* 0.000 0.150 0.000 0.900*
Lt. hip/thigh 0.000 0.700* 0.000 0.150 0.000 0.800*
Rt. knee 0.000 0.300 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Lt. knee 0.000 0.300 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

*p value < 0.05